February 21, 2025 • 14 mins
Success in English goes beyond vocabulary and grammar—it’s about developing the right mindset for growth, confidence, and real-life achievement. In this episode, we explore how high performers approach language learning, productivity, and personal success.
🔹 What You’ll Learn:
✅ How to shift your mindset for effortless English fluency
✅ The key habits of successful English learners and professionals
✅ Strategies for time management, motivation, and goal setting
✅ How mastering English connects to broader life success
Whether you're a working professional, an ambitious learner, or someone looking to improve both your English and your life, this episode will give you practical tools to unlock your full potential.🎧 Subscribe to The Fluent English Mindset for more episodes on English mastery, performance, and success.
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🔹 What You’ll Learn:
✅ How to shift your mindset for effortless English fluency
✅ The key habits of successful English learners and professionals
✅ Strategies for time management, motivation, and goal setting
✅ How mastering English connects to broader life success
Whether you're a working professional, an ambitious learner, or someone looking to improve both your English and your life, this episode will give you practical tools to unlock your full potential.🎧 Subscribe to The Fluent English Mindset for more episodes on English mastery, performance, and success.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fluent-english-mindset-podcast--6526211/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
You know, when people come in here and usually the
first thing I ask them is how are you feeling?
Who are you? Are you in control of your life?
I'm Att Pierced and this is the Fluent English mindset
the podcast, and I always ask my students what is
(00:34):
your life like? And are you in control of it?
When I talk with my clients, this is a very
important question. And in this program that I've developed, this
Fluent English mindset, the core focus of this whole thing
(00:55):
is that in order to succeed at this program and
the order to succeed at live life or whatever it
is you're doing, you have to be focused and you
have to be driven. And there's a lot that goes
into that. You know, I say oftentimes, do you ever
(01:16):
go out fishing? Do you ever go for a walk
in the mountains? Do you ever, you know, go walking
the dog just leisurely? You know, whatever it is you're doing,
what are you doing to relax? And usually the answer
is no, no, no, no no. I just work and
study and try to invest the balance of the time
(01:38):
to my family. They never say that they're actually spending
a lot of time on themselves. And so when I'm
doing these initial assessments. I always try to focus on
getting the client to focus more on themselves and focus
more on their goals, and focus more on where they're going,
(02:02):
and see English as a tool to help them get there,
not a problem that they have to do in their life.
You know. I work with a lot of athletes, a
lot of diplomats, CEOs and big corporations whatever, right, And
as we're talking about this, the number one thing that
(02:23):
they always say is I quit. I get tired. I
have too much things, too many times going on, you know,
too much going on in my life whatever. Right. It's
helping the student, helping the client get this into balance.
And as they're getting this into balance, is they're building
(02:46):
their life, is there, building their careers, they're living with
their family, doing the things that they do. They have
to make sure that all of these things are in balance,
you know. And I always say of an airplane, you know,
for an airplane to fly properly, you have to have
a few things in proper balance one percent of the
(03:09):
time or the plane just doesn't work. That's how English
life and all of this stuff is is you have
to make sure that all of these forces are in balance.
And that's where this complete person approach, this total person
approach to learning English or whatever it is is I
(03:35):
believe more effective than just simply learning a bunch of
grammar rules and stuff like that. Now, obviously English is
my arena, my forte, you know, as a journalist and communicator.
But more importantly, this is life coaching, life skills building,
(03:57):
and it's helping you identify a goal. And you need
to ask yourself what is the goal? Where does this
whole thing start? And I think when you can identify
that goal and you can identify where you're at, this
whole thing changes. You know. I always ask people, I say,
(04:22):
what is the goal? What is the goal for learning English?
When they come in for an assessment and they sit
down and they talk with me, or you know, they
come in for the full immersive program, whatever it is.
This is a real interesting frame of mind. And I
always tell the students or the clients, I always say
(04:45):
what is the goal? I ask them what is the goal?
And they'll say, well, you know, I need to speak
English so I can go to medical school, or speak
English so I can pass the TOFO, or speak English
because I need to do the eye olts, or whatever
it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah, But what is the goal?
What is the end game? What is the real purpose
(05:07):
that you're trying to learn English or whatever it is
you're trying to do. Well. I want to, you know,
be a doctor in Canada, or I want to you know,
run this hospital, or I want to do this, I
want to do this program. I want to be able
to you know, succeed in life and be a good CEO, whatever, whatever. Okay,
(05:31):
but what is the purpose? What is the goal? What's
in it for you? And I think that as you
begin to realize that English is a tool, or language
is a tool, just like analytics is a tool, just
like data science is a tool, you have to spend
(05:55):
time learning these things. And as you spend time learning
these things, that's where the magic really really really begins
to take place. And I think that the more we
focus on identifying the real goal and then helping you
(06:18):
get there, you're learning more English, You're learning more communication skills,
you're learning more time management skills. You're getting better sleep.
You know, that's a huge part of this. I always
ask my clients, I say, are you getting enough sleep?
You know, are you practicing meditation? Are you focusing on yourself.
(06:43):
You know, are you getting seven to eight hours is
consistently good sleep every single night? What is your oxygen level?
You know? Are you monitoring this? You know, I wear
a garment watch and I'm constantly monitoring my oxygen saturation.
Do I need to do breath work? Do I need
(07:04):
to go see a doctor or a medical doctor? Do
I need to get my life in balance this way?
This is the really important part of this whole thing,
is that you ultimately have to be in control of
the situation and you have to take the initiative to
(07:25):
figure out what the bigger goal is. I think that
as we work through this and we begin to identify
goals and see english as a tool, or see communications
as a tool and not just something that's going to
help us that we have to master, right, that's when
(07:49):
the mindset really shifts, and shifting that mindset to being
something powerful, being something motivating, being something that we can
use for a much bigger goal. And one of the
techniques that we teach here that I teach is in
(08:10):
leadership and motivation and go orientating and all these different things,
is when you die, what will they write on your
gravestone on your tombstone, What will the world remember you? Four?
What will the world see you as? And on your
(08:34):
tombstone or on your grave marker or whatever it is,
there'll be one sentence, often a very short sentence, three
to six words, no more than seven, that describes your
life perfectly. And I always ask the students and the
clients to write this down. What would it be? What
(08:56):
would they say about you? Just a few words that
one hundred years from now, somebody walking by your grave
will see on your tombstone and they'll instantly know that
this summed up who you were. That's a powerful question.
(09:21):
That's the goal. And we don't make decisions for the
here and now, Okay, we make decisions for the far future,
for the end goal. So I say start at the
end and work your way backwards. And that goal may
change from time to time. That goal may change from
(09:45):
day to day, week to week, whatever what that goal
looks like. But that goal should be something that you're
working towards constantly in order to improve. And that's where
the real magic of this fluent English mindset really comes
(10:06):
into play. Is that you are not just one thing.
You're not a CEO, you're not a CFO. You're not
a person who does these different things. You're a leader,
you're a husband, you're a father, you're a business person.
(10:28):
You're all of these different things. And that's what's important.
That's where the real beauty of understanding English comes into
play at So, you know, and there's a lot of
people out there who are just you know, they were
good in English class in high school, or they were
(10:50):
good at English in college or whatever. You know, they've
written e books, and there's a lot of people I
think that are just trying to get a little bit
of money out of this whole English speaking learning space.
I think there has to be more to it. I
think there has to be more desire, more effectiveness, more drive,
(11:15):
more motivation. I think that, you know, there should be
a professional level ethics and standards that we have to
uphold as an industry. There's too many tech companies out
there just trying to collect subscription fees from people, and
(11:35):
I think that the tutors on there are just simply
people trying to make a few bucks or maybe trying
to build a side business or whatever. For me, this
is a science, this is a practice. This is a
real usable thing that we're trying to do. And when
our students grab onto that, and when my clients really
(11:58):
get onto this idea that this is much more than
just learning English. This is life coaching, this is skills building,
this is time management. They're really getting a value out
of this and something more than just a single skill
that they can use. So what we're doing is building
(12:19):
something around you as an individual, helping you identify your goals,
helping you manage your time. We're learning some stress techniques,
We're taking some things into consideration that maybe other people
don't look at. And then we're looking at you as
a complete person. And when you start to look at
(12:40):
yourself as a complete person with more goals, this whole thing,
this whole thing changes. So that's what I want you
to do. I want you to look at yourself as
a complete person. I want you to think about the
end goal. I want you to think about the results
that you want to achieve yourself, see about making those goals.
(13:04):
I want you to realize that English is not just
a tool that you have to master. This is just
something else that you need to help you achieve the
end goal. You know, are you taking walks, are you
breathing in the fresh air. Are you listening at the
birds chirp outside your window? Are you cooking a fine meal?
(13:29):
Are you learning something other than just this English? Well no,
I don't have time. Well so now we have to
look at the tools that you need in order to
make time. And that's how I believe, that's my idea,
that's my approach to this whole thing. Make the time,
put in the effort, focus holistically on you, yourself and your goals.
(13:55):
And when you put all of these things in balance,
then you can start looking it. Mastering the skull
You know, when people come in here and usually the
first thing I ask them is how are you feeling?
Who are you? Are you in control of your life?
I'm Att Pierced and this is the Fluent English mindset
the podcast, and I always ask my students what is
(00:34):
your life like? And are you in control of it?
When I talk with my clients, this is a very
important question. And in this program that I've developed, this
Fluent English mindset, the core focus of this whole thing
(00:55):
is that in order to succeed at this program and
the order to succeed at live life or whatever it
is you're doing, you have to be focused and you
have to be driven. And there's a lot that goes
into that. You know, I say oftentimes, do you ever
(01:16):
go out fishing? Do you ever go for a walk
in the mountains? Do you ever, you know, go walking
the dog just leisurely? You know, whatever it is you're doing,
what are you doing to relax? And usually the answer
is no, no, no, no no. I just work and
study and try to invest the balance of the time
(01:38):
to my family. They never say that they're actually spending
a lot of time on themselves. And so when I'm
doing these initial assessments. I always try to focus on
getting the client to focus more on themselves and focus
more on their goals, and focus more on where they're going,
(02:02):
and see English as a tool to help them get there,
not a problem that they have to do in their life.
You know. I work with a lot of athletes, a
lot of diplomats, CEOs and big corporations whatever, right, And
as we're talking about this, the number one thing that
(02:23):
they always say is I quit. I get tired. I
have too much things, too many times going on, you know,
too much going on in my life whatever. Right. It's
helping the student, helping the client get this into balance.
And as they're getting this into balance, is they're building
(02:46):
their life, is there, building their careers, they're living with
their family, doing the things that they do. They have
to make sure that all of these things are in balance,
you know. And I always say of an airplane, you know,
for an airplane to fly properly, you have to have
a few things in proper balance one percent of the
(03:09):
time or the plane just doesn't work. That's how English
life and all of this stuff is is you have
to make sure that all of these forces are in balance.
And that's where this complete person approach, this total person
approach to learning English or whatever it is is I
(03:35):
believe more effective than just simply learning a bunch of
grammar rules and stuff like that. Now, obviously English is
my arena, my forte, you know, as a journalist and communicator.
But more importantly, this is life coaching, life skills building,
(03:57):
and it's helping you identify a goal. And you need
to ask yourself what is the goal? Where does this
whole thing start? And I think when you can identify
that goal and you can identify where you're at, this
whole thing changes. You know. I always ask people, I say,
(04:22):
what is the goal? What is the goal for learning English?
When they come in for an assessment and they sit
down and they talk with me, or you know, they
come in for the full immersive program, whatever it is.
This is a real interesting frame of mind. And I
always tell the students or the clients, I always say
(04:45):
what is the goal? I ask them what is the goal?
And they'll say, well, you know, I need to speak
English so I can go to medical school, or speak
English so I can pass the TOFO, or speak English
because I need to do the eye olts, or whatever
it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah, But what is the goal?
What is the end game? What is the real purpose
(05:07):
that you're trying to learn English or whatever it is
you're trying to do. Well. I want to, you know,
be a doctor in Canada, or I want to you know,
run this hospital, or I want to do this, I
want to do this program. I want to be able
to you know, succeed in life and be a good CEO, whatever, whatever. Okay,
(05:31):
but what is the purpose? What is the goal? What's
in it for you? And I think that as you
begin to realize that English is a tool, or language
is a tool, just like analytics is a tool, just
like data science is a tool, you have to spend
(05:55):
time learning these things. And as you spend time learning
these things, that's where the magic really really really begins
to take place. And I think that the more we
focus on identifying the real goal and then helping you
(06:18):
get there, you're learning more English, You're learning more communication skills,
you're learning more time management skills. You're getting better sleep.
You know, that's a huge part of this. I always
ask my clients, I say, are you getting enough sleep?
You know, are you practicing meditation? Are you focusing on yourself.
(06:43):
You know, are you getting seven to eight hours is
consistently good sleep every single night? What is your oxygen level?
You know? Are you monitoring this? You know, I wear
a garment watch and I'm constantly monitoring my oxygen saturation.
Do I need to do breath work? Do I need
(07:04):
to go see a doctor or a medical doctor? Do
I need to get my life in balance this way?
This is the really important part of this whole thing,
is that you ultimately have to be in control of
the situation and you have to take the initiative to
(07:25):
figure out what the bigger goal is. I think that
as we work through this and we begin to identify
goals and see english as a tool, or see communications
as a tool and not just something that's going to
help us that we have to master, right, that's when
(07:49):
the mindset really shifts, and shifting that mindset to being
something powerful, being something motivating, being something that we can
use for a much bigger goal. And one of the
techniques that we teach here that I teach is in
(08:10):
leadership and motivation and go orientating and all these different things,
is when you die, what will they write on your
gravestone on your tombstone, What will the world remember you? Four?
What will the world see you as? And on your
(08:34):
tombstone or on your grave marker or whatever it is,
there'll be one sentence, often a very short sentence, three
to six words, no more than seven, that describes your
life perfectly. And I always ask the students and the
clients to write this down. What would it be? What
(08:56):
would they say about you? Just a few words that
one hundred years from now, somebody walking by your grave
will see on your tombstone and they'll instantly know that
this summed up who you were. That's a powerful question.
(09:21):
That's the goal. And we don't make decisions for the
here and now, Okay, we make decisions for the far future,
for the end goal. So I say start at the
end and work your way backwards. And that goal may
change from time to time. That goal may change from
(09:45):
day to day, week to week, whatever what that goal
looks like. But that goal should be something that you're
working towards constantly in order to improve. And that's where
the real magic of this fluent English mindset really comes
(10:06):
into play. Is that you are not just one thing.
You're not a CEO, you're not a CFO. You're not
a person who does these different things. You're a leader,
you're a husband, you're a father, you're a business person.
(10:28):
You're all of these different things. And that's what's important.
That's where the real beauty of understanding English comes into
play at So, you know, and there's a lot of
people out there who are just you know, they were
good in English class in high school, or they were
(10:50):
good at English in college or whatever. You know, they've
written e books, and there's a lot of people I
think that are just trying to get a little bit
of money out of this whole English speaking learning space.
I think there has to be more to it. I
think there has to be more desire, more effectiveness, more drive,
(11:15):
more motivation. I think that, you know, there should be
a professional level ethics and standards that we have to
uphold as an industry. There's too many tech companies out
there just trying to collect subscription fees from people, and
(11:35):
I think that the tutors on there are just simply
people trying to make a few bucks or maybe trying
to build a side business or whatever. For me, this
is a science, this is a practice. This is a
real usable thing that we're trying to do. And when
our students grab onto that, and when my clients really
(11:58):
get onto this idea that this is much more than
just learning English. This is life coaching, this is skills building,
this is time management. They're really getting a value out
of this and something more than just a single skill
that they can use. So what we're doing is building
(12:19):
something around you as an individual, helping you identify your goals,
helping you manage your time. We're learning some stress techniques,
We're taking some things into consideration that maybe other people
don't look at. And then we're looking at you as
a complete person. And when you start to look at
(12:40):
yourself as a complete person with more goals, this whole thing,
this whole thing changes. So that's what I want you
to do. I want you to look at yourself as
a complete person. I want you to think about the
end goal. I want you to think about the results
that you want to achieve yourself, see about making those goals.
(13:04):
I want you to realize that English is not just
a tool that you have to master. This is just
something else that you need to help you achieve the
end goal. You know, are you taking walks, are you
breathing in the fresh air. Are you listening at the
birds chirp outside your window? Are you cooking a fine meal?
(13:29):
Are you learning something other than just this English? Well no,
I don't have time. Well so now we have to
look at the tools that you need in order to
make time. And that's how I believe, that's my idea,
that's my approach to this whole thing. Make the time,
put in the effort, focus holistically on you, yourself and your goals.
(13:55):
And when you put all of these things in balance,
then you can start looking it. Mastering the skull
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